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(15242) 1989 SX5

Summary

(15242) 1989 SX5 is an asteroid[1]. (15242) 1989 SX5 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • (15242) 1989 SX5 is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's follows is recorded as (15241) 1989 ST3[6].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's followed by is recorded as (15243) 1989 TU1[7].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 SX5[10].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 TT8[11].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 BB4[12].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-09-26T00:00:00Z[13].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20015242[14].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}[15].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1085523'}[16].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1056147746633708'}[17].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}[18].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.65'}[19].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.88404'}[20].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.882511494802193'}[21].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.14'}[22].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1511.670846291612'}[23].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+94.45084'}[24].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+94.34888310455813'}[25].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5765293'}[26].
  • (15242) 1989 SX5's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.577740571676784'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(15242) 1989 SX5's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

(15242) 1989 SX5 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

Eric Walter Elst

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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